TY  - JOUR
T1  - Respecting cultural values of toddler weight perception while discouraging parental overfeeding: Comment on “maternal perceptions of toddler body size”
AU  - Perrin EM
Y1  - 2012/05/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.278
JO  - Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
SP  - 422
EP  - 423
VL  - 166
IS  - 5
N2  - 
In this issue of the Archives, Hager et al1 provide a well-written Exhibit A of this effect. Similar to a wealth of literature on older children, they report that mothers of overweight toddlers (aged 12-32 months) were 87% less likely to be accurate in their weight perceptions than were mothers of healthy weight toddlers. More novel contributions include that: (1) more mothers (82%) of overweight toddlers were satisfied with their toddlers' body sizes compared with mothers of healthy weight toddlers and (2) mothers of underweight toddlers were 9 times more likely to be accurate in their perception and, when accurate, less satisfied with their toddler's body size than mothers of healthy weight toddlers (30% vs 77%).

SN  - 1072-4710
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.278
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.278
ER  -